Recognition for the Dartmouth faculty, staff and students
ARTS AND SCIENCES
Brenda Garand, Associate Professor of Studio Art, was invited to
include a wall sculpture titled "Regained Composure" in the
exhibition "179th Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary
American Art" at the National Academy Museum in New York City. The
exhibition includes 110 artists from 17 states, both veteran artists and those
starting their careers. The exhibition ran from early May to late June.
Garand's sculpture of steel, lead, wire and fabric evokes the intersections
between cultures, especially those of New England, Quebec and Native American
populations.
An exhibition of Associate Professor of Studio Art Louise Hamlin's artwork
was showcased at the Gross McCleaf Gallery in Philadelphia from March 17 to
April 8. The exhibition consisted of landscapes painted in Italy and Vermont,
as well as a series of smaller still-life paintings. Hamlin painted the Italian
landscapes while teaching at two non-Dartmouth foreign study programs in Italy.
On the Dartmouth faculty since 1990, Hamlin served as the Chair of the Studio
Art Department from 1997 to 2000.
Craig
Wilder, Professor of History, received Columbia University's Medal
for Excellence at its commencement exercises in May. Columbia's president
said that Wilder is "a distinguished scholar of the African-American
experience, [and has] pioneered new areas of inquiry in urban black
history." The Medal for Excellence is awarded each year to a
Columbia alumnus who is younger than 45 and possesses an outstanding record in
scholarship, public service, and/or professional life. Wilder's work
focuses on United States urban history, and he has written several books on the
subject, as well as consulted on exhibits at various regional and national
museums, including the New York Historical Society.
DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL
Laura Carter, Assistant Director of Publications, received
the Will Solimene Award of Excellence in Medical Communication from the
New England Chapter of the American Medical Writers Association in May
for an article she wrote for Dartmouth Medicine magazine
titled "Puzzling Over Medical Mysteries." Published in the
Summer 2003 issue, the article described one of the department of
medicine's weekly morbidity and mortality conferences, in which a resident
presents a difficult case, and the students, residents and experienced
physicians in attendance discuss the evidence to consider whether, with benefit
of hindsight, the correct diagnosis was made and the case was managed as
well as it could have been.
David
Robbins, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology
who specializes in biological signal pathways, shared DMS's award
for excellence in the basic sciences with Surachai
Supattapone, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and of Medicine who
studies the biological mechanisms of several diseases and the role of
prions. The award for excellence in translational science went to Michael
Spinella, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, for work
that has broadened scientific understanding of cancer. A noted teacher
and radiologist, Douglas
Goodwin, Assistant Professor of Radiology and Surgery, was commended
for teaching and clinical care. Pamela
Jenkins, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and of Community and
Family Medicine, was honored for her leadership in caring for children
with heart illnesses.
UNDERGRADUATES
Meredith Liu '04 and John Turner '04 were
awarded the Order of Omega's Greek Man and Woman of the Year awards at the
organization's annual awards banquet in May. Dean of the College Jim
Larimore, who presented the two awards, said Liu was recognized for her work
promoting diversity within the Greek community, as well as her initiation
of the "Delta Dialogues" program for Tri-Delta sorority.
Turner received the award for his work as president of Gamma Delta Chi
fraternity, in which he helped positively transform his organization into
one that better served the Greek and Dartmouth communities.
The Dartmouth Ski Patrol was
awarded the Milton Sims Kramer 1954 Memorial Group Award at the annual
Committee on Student Organizations award ceremony in May. The award,
along with a $750 honorarium, is given annually to the campus organization
that contributes the most to the College in its dedication of service to
the community. Ski Patrol was given the award for the way in which
its members handled incidents at the Dartmouth Skiway last winter.
Jane Viner '05 received the Student Employee of the Year
award from the Student Employment Office in June for her work at the
Dartmouth College Child Care Center as a teacher's assistant. "It is
clear from her thoughtful inquiries about the children that she spends
time thinking about them when she is not with them," wrote her
supervisor, Lead Teacher Judy Tompkins. "It is the mark of a superior
teacher to keep a flexible attitude toward children and to always search for
better methods of addressing children's needs." Viner went on to receive
the New Hampshire Student Employee of the Year award.
STAFF
In April, the Hood Museum of
Art's Autumn 2003 issue of the Hood Quarterly won first place
in the newsletter category among more than 950 entries submitted to the
American Association of Museum's Publications Contest. The Quarterly
is managed by Juliette Bianco, Exhibitions Manager; and Nils Nadeau,
Editor and Publication Coordinator; and is designed by Joanna Bodenweber of
Cambridge, Mass. The Hood Museum was also honored with four design awards
from the New England Museum Association's Publications Competition,
including first place for the Autumn 2003 Quarterly, and both
the exhibition invitation and press kit for the exhibition Coming of Age in
Ancient Greece: Images of Childhood from the Classical Past. The
exhibition catalogue garnered second place in the category Catalogues over
$10.
Mary Ann Milanese received the Student Employer of the Year award from the
Student Employment Office in June for her work supervising Laura Curtis
'04 at Dartmouth Dining Services, where she works as a baker. Milanese
created a position for Curtis in which Curtis was allowed to explore her
interests in a kitchen that hadn't previously employed students.
The microchip maker Intel ranked Dartmouth fifth among American college
campuses for wireless accessibility. In the " Most
Unwired College Campuses" survey, Intel polled students at the
top 100 schools on how much freedom they have to access the Internet through
wireless connections. Rounding out the top four were
Indiana University-Bloomington, Purdue University, the University of Texas
at Austin, and Case Western Reserve University. Intel published the campus
survey for the first time this year, in May, which it created in addition to
the "Most Unwired Cities" and "Most Unwired
Airports" surveys.
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